咅

See also: 否

咅 U+5485, 咅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5485 ← 咄 [U+5484] CJK Unified Ideographs 咆 → [U+5486]

Translingual

Han character

咅 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿口 (YTR), composition ⿱立口)

Derived characters

• 倍, 㖣, 培, 婄, 㟝, 㥉, 掊, 涪, 陪, 𢮏, 棓, 殕, 焙, 𤗏, 犃, 琣, 䏽, 碚, 稖, 𬡣, 䋨, 䍌, 䎧, 𦩜, 𬠗, 𭙄, 𮘟, 賠(赔), 踣, 醅, 𱋝, 𣾾, 錇(锫), 鞛, 餢(𱃾), 𫮷, 𧷯, 𩸬(𬶜), 䴺, 𮮚, 𬹰
• 𡯳, 𰻅, 毰, 𡯷, 䞳, 𭐭, 䬏, 𮮮, 剖, 勏, 部, 𢧂, 㪗, 敨, 㰴, 𰚢, 𥪇, 𤬃, 瓿, 𫫌, 𠹪, 𪡳, 𮝼, 郶, 𨿦, 䫓, 𱃆, 𥪾, 䳝, 𤉿, 菩, 箁, 䯽, 𡃠, 𢒷, 𩔻, 𠣭, 㾦, 䦣
• 𠶷, 𢡃, 𢵾, 𠾈, 𦅹, 𣬙, 𧽴

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 184, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3483
• Dae Jaweon: page 403, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 608, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5485

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 咅
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (咅) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蓓	*bɯːʔ, *bɯːʔ
倍	*bɯːʔ
菩	*bɯːʔ, *bɯʔ, *bɯː, *bɯːɡ
掊	*bruː, *poːʔ, *bɯ, *bɯ
剖	*pʰoːʔ, *pʰoʔ
婄	*pʰɯʔ, *bɯʔ, *bɯː
踣	*pʰɯs, *bɯːɡ
箁	*bɯ
咅	*pʰɯʔ, *pʰl'oːs
部	*boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ
培	*boːʔ, *bɯː
犃	*boːʔ
瓿	*boːʔ, *bɯ, *bo
殕	*pɯʔ, *pʰoʔ, *qɯːɡ
醅	*pʰɯ, *pʰɯː
棓	*bɯ, *broːŋʔ, *bɯː
涪	*bɯ
賠	*bɯː
陪	*bɯː
毰	*bɯː
焙	*bɯːs

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 丶 + 否. The upper part of the character was corrupted into 立 and is unrelated to the contraction of 辛.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		咅
alternative forms		㕻 㰯 哣 㖣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tòu, pǒu (tou⁴, pou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˋ, ㄆㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tòu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou⁴
    • Yale: tòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tow
    • Palladius: тоу (tou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǒu
    • Wade–Giles: pʻou³
    • Yale: pǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: poou
    • Palladius: поу (pou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰoʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tau³
    • Yale: tau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: thuwH

Rime
Character	咅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	他候切
Baxter	thuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰəuH/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəuH/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəwH/
Li Rong	/tʰuH/
Wang Li	/tʰəuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tau3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯʔ/, /*pʰl'oːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	咅	咅
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9846	9852
Phonetic component	咅	咅
Rime group	之	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	剖	透
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯʔ/	/*pʰl'oːs/
Notes	原依說文作否上加點， 否亦聲，隸變爲咅	或作豆欠，似爲訓讀

Definitions

咅

1. (obsolete, rare) A sound used to indicate refusal.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		咅

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): buêh⁴

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: buêh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pueh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pueʔ²/

Definitions

咅

1. (Teochew) to curse at; to scold

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 罵 (“to scold”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		罵
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	罵, 啳
	Taiwan	罵
	Malaysia	罵
	Singapore	罵
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	罵, 啳
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	罵, 噘
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	罵
	Wuhan	罵, 通
	Guilin	罵
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	罵
	Hefei	抽, 噘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鬧, 㨘, 插, 屌 vulgar
	Hong Kong	鬧, 㨘, 插, 屌 vulgar
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	鬧
	Macau	鬧
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鬧
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鬧
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鬧
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	怒
	Foshan	鬧
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	嗌
	Foshan (Shunde)	鬧
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鬧
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鬧
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鬧
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	鬧
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	鬧
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鬧
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鬧
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鬧
	Taishan	鬧
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鬧
	Enping (Niujiang)	鬧
	Heshan (Yayao)	鬧
	Dongguan	鬧
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鬧
	Yangjiang	數
	Beihai	嬲
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	嬲
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	嬲
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	嬲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鬧
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鬧
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	鬧
	Móng Cái	嬲
Gan	Nanchang	罵
Hakka	Meixian	罵, 嘟
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	鬧
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	罵
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	罵
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	罵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	罵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	罵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	罵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	罵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	罵
	Singapore (Dabu)	罵
Jin	Taiyuan	罵
Northern Min	Jian'ou	罵, 詈
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	罵, 嚗
Southern Min	Xiamen	罵, 詈
	Quanzhou	罵, 詈
	Jinjiang	罵
	Zhangzhou	罵, 詈
	Zhao'an	罵
	Taipei	罵
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	罵
	Kaohsiung	罵
	Yilan	罵
	Changhua (Lukang)	罵
	Taichung	罵
	Tainan	罵
	Hsinchu	罵
	Kinmen	罵
	Penghu (Magong)	罵
	Penang (Hokkien)	罵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	罵, 姦 vulgar
	Manila (Hokkien)	罵, 𧮙
	Chaozhou	罵
	Shantou	罵, 咅
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	罵
	Jieyang	罵, 咅, 誧咅, 誧倫, 誧罵
	Singapore (Teochew)	罵
	Wenchang	罵
	Singapore (Hainanese)	罵
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	罵
Wu	Suzhou	罵
	Ningbo	𧮙
	Wenzhou	𧮙, 謴
Xiang	Changsha	罵, 咒, 反
	Shuangfeng	咒, 罵

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (粵拼資料庫)

Japanese

Kanji

咅

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to spit out

Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō)

Korean

Hanja

咅 • (bu) (hangeul 부, revised bu, McCune–Reischauer pu, Yale pu)

1. to spit out